For the April 24 guild meeting, M.J. Felick is coming to talk to us about the pros and cons of many different quilting tools. She lives in McKinney, has had a place near Mt. Vernon and a member of the Sulphur Springs Guild. The program should be interesting, especially to the quilter thinking about the purchase of some tools.

Pebble Rehm, Vice-President, Programs

The quarterly meeting of the Executive Board of the Cotton Patch Quilt Guild will convene on Monday, April 21st at 6:30 p.m. at The Cracker Barrel in Greenville.

Officers, mark your calendars!

Library News

Please Help!!!!!

We still have several books that have been posted as lost.  We are listing them here along with the person who last had them check out in the hopes that they might turn up on thenext search.  Some were checked out by former members and if anyone knows these people, would you be so kind as to ask if they have been found and return them to the Guild Library.  Thank you.

Jan Boren                   My Mother's Quilt  - Sara Nephew
Marsha Wolf                Cathedral Window - Laura Knowes
Jan Boren                   Strip, Trip and Shadow Quilts  -Marti Michell
Pam Tabor                  Baltimore Beauties & Beyond - Sienkiewicz
Margot Simmons         #1 I'll Teach Myself Sewing Machine Fun - Smith/Milligan
Frances Holloway        Patchwork Quilting - Better Homes and Gardens
Margaret Rozsier         Easy  Does it Quilts - Georgia Bonesteel
Lou Davenport             Fabric Shopping - Alex Anderson

These books are over due and the return to the Library would be appreciated.  Others may be waiting for their return.

Elaine Sprague             Red and White - Deborah Harding
Roberta Vanderburg      Crazy Quilt Odyssey - Montano
Roberta Vanderberg      Crazy Patchwork - Haigh
B Wood                       Seven Sisters - Fowler
Jan Boren                    Dove in the Window - Fowler 
Jan Boren                    Crazy Quilts by Machine - Michler
Belva Isham                 Red and White Redwork - Harding
Shelly Childers             Alice's Tulips - Dallas   

Shelly Childers             Round Robin - Chiarerini

Shelly Childers             The Persian Pickle Club

Please check if you have the Library copy of Red and White Redwork by Harding. Belva brought it back and someone borrowed it the same night without signing it out, as our Librarian was ill.    Thanks for checking.


New Books

Quilting in the Big Stitch Style - Billie Lauder 
    Learn this fast and easy hand quilting method while making that pile of UFO's disappear.
Let's Make a Quilt - Billie Lauder
    Six quilt patterns to take you from beginner to beyond with easy to understand directions by one of America's favorite teacher's.
Mystery Quilts A quilt Detective's Handbook - Billie Lauder
    Don't peek!  A fun way to explore quilting.  Seven quilt mysteries to choose from.  Get together with some friends and work on these quilts.
Beyond the Rail Fence - Billie Lauder
    Something for everybody!  Eighteen design layouts for the easy Rail Fence block.  This book will get your creative juices going and will have you putting up fences all around your home.
The Queens Rose Quilt - Billie Lauder 

Having been proclaimed "Queen of Everything" a few years back and I have a crown to prove it, I know I just have to make this quilt!  Put that with the Crown Block that was given to me, it will be perfect for this "Not so Royal Highness." I promise I will have this book in the new book area at the next meeting.  

Rotary Cutting with Alex Anderson - Alex Anderson of Simply Quilts teaches the basics of rotary cutting. A great book for the beginner quilter and for reviewing for more advanced to be reminded of what we might have forgotten.

Beyond the Blocks - Quilts with Great Borders Martin, N. - Lots of new ideas for making your borders beyond the ordinary. Let's make our quilts sizzle!

Hidden Block Quilts - Nevaril - Look inside an old favorite block to find a new block and make a smashing new quilt. Book has well written instructions for 55 blocks and lots of ideas of how to set them.

Fresh Cut Flowers - Schwartz/Seifert - from the publishers of The Foundation Piecer. Over 60 floral paper pieced block designs, complete with setting ideas.

Illustrated Guide to Points and Curves ( Master Quilter's Workshop) - Warner - Beginners, learn how masters do perfect points and curves the right way and not have to relearn bad habits! Advanced quilters will learn how to correct their mistakes, and make points and curves easier. A great book for improving your technique no matter what level quilter you are.

Donated By Sue Childers
Because I found these at a really good price, I dug into my ice cream money stash and bought them to donate to the library.  Both books, very, very slim books are full of cute ideas for using yo yo's and doilies.  Easy too.  Thinking of Alice's new challenge as I type this.  They have been checked out by Janice, but she will be returning them this month for the next lucky person.

Yo Yo Cut-Ups! - Dean
Doilies and Yo-Yo's - Parker

I also have Donated
Mystery Novel -Just Plain Pickled to Death - Meyers
Mystery Novel - Crewel World - Ferris   

The Library gladly accepts donations of quilting books.  Check your shelves for books that you are done with or those you wonder why you ever bought and donate them to our Cotton Patch Quilt Guild Library.  Wonder what other books I can find to share with you all....Until Guild........ 

Thanks !

Sue Childers, Librarian

Membership 

At the close of the membership renewal drive, we now have 76 members!!  The NEW Directory will be distributed at the March meeting!  It will be in a small 3-ring binder and will contain a new membership roster as well as advertisements from several wonderful merchants.  

April

Gladys Trammell*              Denise Turner

Roberta Vanderburg         Kathy Vestal

Nora Whitehead                 Beth Winn

B. Wood                             Sherry Worley

Jane Asberry                     Ruth Bacon

Lee Ann Baker                   Janice Bennett

 

Thank you for faithfully serving!

 

$$$   Treasurer's Report  $$$

 

No report submitted

 

Sunshine & Shadows

 

	Pebble Rehm's mother, Millie Stone, has undergone a partial mastectomy.
	Madeline Sullivan's husband, A.C. passed away after a long  illness.
	Ruth Bacon has been re-hospitalized for blood clots in her legs.
	Pat Jonz mother-in-law has been ill.
	Two of our members won ribbons at the Dallas Quilt Show. Congratulations to Donna Moon and Pebble Rehm !

Notice -

Did anyone who attended the Feb. 22 Jack Sheets workshop accidentally pick up an extra rotary cutter? It came from the Krafty Kritter room. Mat and ruler made it back to the Kritter room, but the rotary cutter slipped off.

Contact Katharine if you know anything about it.

Notice Notice -

Attention Food Committees!

There are sacks full of unopened chips and crackers back in the guild closet. Before you bring in any more, let's use these up!

Friendship Circles

Cotton Belles

The Cotton Belles Quilting Circle met at 10:00 March 3^rd at Kavanaugh Methodist Church.  Kaye presented a wonderful program demonstrating a quilt pattern called “Jacks”.  What a great pattern for kids’ quilts!  Our members made a donation to FISH totaling $43.48 in cash and food.  Because of a mix-up we had plenty of dessert!  Is that really a problem?  Show and tell was fabulous…LaNell showed her plaid tattered pioneer quilt – “It just keeps growing”, Shirley and Kaye presented a total of 6 ABC quilts, Kaye’s “Beary Me Not in the Lone Star State” 4th in a series was a big hit, Sherry finally finished the circle scrapbook from a few years ago, showed some embroidered Garfield blocks that will end up in a quilt, and the Alice in Wonderland block she made in Billie Lauder’s class.  ABC quilts will need to be turned in no later than the March 27^th Guild meeting.  It will be nice to have them for Guild show and tell.

 

Our next meeting will be April 7, 10:00 a.m. at Kavanaugh Methodist Church.  Every interested quilter is invited.  Shirley will bring dessert.  Sherry is going to demonstrate a couple of new ways to make a Nine Patch Block a la Billie Lauder.  A couple of people need to bring sewing machine and cutting supplies.  Sherry will bring all needed fabric.  We will spend a few minutes cutting batting for Guild Community Service quilts.  As always please feel welcome to bring a project.

 

Sherry Worley

Cotton Blossoms

The Cotton Blossoms met on March 4 for a regular meeting. We had show and tell and passed out the birthday fat quarters and secret pal gifts and made plans for road trips to quilt shows. We then got busy and basted a group quilt . We plan to take turns quilting it. We took a group of 6 to the Dallas show and had a really good time. On our way to the show we stopped off in Rockwall to pick up our friend Wanda Roy and was treated to a show and tell of all the things she had made on her recent trip to a quilting retreat in Hawaii. We also took some of the things we have been working on to show her. Our meeting for March has been canceled due to the death of Madeline Sullivan's husband. We will meet again on April 7th at the Presbyterian Church in Commerce.

Belva Isham

Cotton Strippers

A small group of Strippers, and 2 visitors, met at the church Thursday, March 13.  Sue brought the leftovers from retreat and we feasted on poppy seed pork, delicious green beans and ice cream for dessert.  Many thanks to Sue for all her hard work in putting retreat together for us. Everyone had a great time at retreat and we are already looking forward to the next one. Sue will bring the Row Quilt at Guild.  Two of our members won ribbons at the Dallas Quilt Show. Congratulations to Donna Moon and Pebble Rehm.  We also understand one of Alan’s quilts was accepted into Paducah.

            Our thoughts are with Pebble as she is in Corpus Christi with her mother who is due for surgery. Ruth Bacon is doing better. Roberta (who we haven’t seen since November) proudly announced she had a new grandbaby. Show and tell followed with Roberta winning the “I did the most since I have seen you last” award.

            Refreshments for April will be hosted by Debra Hager, Joy Gregory, Katharine McCaw, Jan Boren, Linda Franklin and Joan Biggs.

 

Dear Strippers,

Thank you for all the help in making this another great retreat. Without the help of Team Captains and the "can I do anything to help" attitude of all attending campers, this retreat would never be as successful as it is. The weather could not have been better, the shopping was fun, and as usual, I bought more than I intended and all other activities were more fun because fellow Strippers were there to share the fun. I really enjoy getting this retreat together for you and without you all it would not come to the same fun conclusion. With the Dallas show coming up, I also want to thank you for the gift you all gave me. It will probably be gone by the end of this weekend.  If you have any comments, complaints, ideas or recipes to share for the next retreat, please let me know. I am always looking for ways to simplify and make things better at retreat. Thanks."May Your Seam Ripper Gather Dust"

Sue Childers

Sunbonnet Sues

 

There was no Sunbonnet Sue meeting due to Retreat.  The next meeting will be at the home of Maxine Leverett.

 

Cotton Patch Quilt Guild Minutes

 

President Katharine McCaw called the Cotton Patch Quilt Guild to order, February 27, 2003 at the Kavanaugh United Methodist Church, Greenville, Texas, at 7:00p.m. Forty-seven members were present. Guests at the meeting were Betty Hammock, Libby Rook, Lee Ann Baker, Denise Turner, Vickey Bradley, Sharon Callahan, Jo Ann Cross, Sue Ross, Marshell Robinson, Ann Tave, and Nicholas Taylor (age 2).

The following members participated in show and tell. Alice Cooney showed “Gossip”, a chenille and flannel quilt in pinks; Lisa Coker, a quilt bag just completed in Pebble Rehm’s afternoon class and a bargello quilt; Barbara Booth, “Kaleidoscope” and a round robin challenge; Rehm, a floral raw edge applique; Belva Isham, two wall panels in western motif; and Sue Nixson modeled a purple quilted jacket that Pat Jonz had made.

Beth Winn showed “Homespun Homage” featuring trapunto that the Sulphur Springs Sit and Sew Circle had pieced and is donating to the Fort Worth Shriners Auction. All proceeds go the Shriners Children’s Hospital Fund.

Vice-President Rehm introduced Betty Hammock who presented her trunk show and gave quilting ideas to the group. After her presentation, McCaw announced a 10 minute break so the membership could view the trunk show quilts more closely.

McCaw reconvened the meeting and took committee reports. The Sunshine committee requested an extra fat quarter be brought to the March meeting.

Kay Colcleasure reported that there were many minor changes required in the By-Laws. Members should have their suggestions for changes to McCaw by February 28. Proposed changes will be published in the April newsletter and the vote on changes will be at the April meeting.

Coker, reporting for Community Service announced that 10 baby quilts had been taken to the WIN shelter in Greenville and that new kits were cut and available for members to sew. Coker reminded the group that personal items were being collected through the March meeting to donate to WIN.

Ann Tave, WIN representative gave a response of appreciation to the gift of 10 baby quilts and the gift of quilts from the guild when the new shelter opened.

Gwen Shroth stated that the Design committee had met and that the 2005 donation quilt would be a patriotic quilt with the theme, “What America Means to Me.” She asked that members begin thinking about the theme and to start submitting those ideas at the March meeting.

Betty Day reported an estimated $500 in sales for the 2003 donation quilt. McCaw stressed that members needed to get busy with ticket sales. “A quilt of this caliber should not go for less than $1000,” she stated.

Pam Hodapp announced that 63 members had paid dues for 2003 and reminded the group that dues would be in arrears after February 28. She also reported that $320 had been raised through advertising to offset the printing costs of the new directory. She showed a notebook binder that would house the new directory unless a member preferred the current type of binding.

Sue Childers has purchased several new books for the library and confessed that only five dollars remained in her budget. She passed the “jug” and members generously donated $60 for the library budget.

Coker gave shirt and appliqué costs. It was suggested that the information be put on the web site for easy access by members.

Childers gave information in regard to the Lake Eufaula retreat announcing that extra desserts were always welcome.

Announcement by Jackie Clark that the Greenville Area Retired Teachers Association cookbook was now ready for sale. Cost is six dollars.

It was brought to the attention of the group that the Terrell Quilt Show would be held April 12, 13.

Meeting was adjourned by McCaw at 8:50 p.m.

Design Committee

At the February Guild meeting, it was suggested that the 2005 Design Committee plan to complete their quilt for sale in 2004 and save the second Butterfly Quilt for raffling in 2005. This will avoid selling tickets for butterfly quilts two years in a row. Accordingly, the 2005 Design Committee will become the 2004 Committee.

Several years ago, the Guild raffled a quilt designed around the theme, "Texas," which was highly popular. Consequently, the Design Committee chose a pattern that similarly capitalizes on the creative abilities of all members but centers around the theme, "America the Beautiful." At the March meeting, background fabric will be supplied and members will be asked to design a block around the prescribed theme. The blocks can be of various sizes when finished: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 or 12 inches, depending on each quilter’s needs. The Design Committee requests that the colors, are not limited to but, should include red, white, and blue. Any scraps of red, white, and blue that are available after completing the block should be turned in to the Committee to be used for sashings and borders.

The deadline for completing your blocks is the June Guild meeting. We expect the quilt to be completed by the end of November and ready for raffling. If you have questions, please share them at the March meeting. If you cannot attend the meeting but want to participate, please contact Gwen Schroth at 903-568-4956 or at the following e-mail address: rschroth@texoma.net.

Gwen Schroth

Happy Birthday!

March

Belva Isham                 03/01

Sue Miller                    03/01

Sue Nixson                  03/08

Madeline Sullivan         03/15

Katharine McCaw         03/18

Frances Holloway         03/22

Frances Stinnet            03/22

 

April

 Mary Lou Strohm              04/06

 Huey Nobles                    04/09

 Paula Talley                     04/10

 Gini Keith                        04/29

February Door Prizes

 

Stitching Post, Denton - $20 gift certificate

Quilt Mercantile, Celeste - flannel panel & fat 1/4's

Lace & Fabric Outlet, Paris - Fiscar snips

Bernina and Sew Much More, Paris - Fons & Porter 365 perpetual calendar

Anonymous Guild Member - Colorwash Quilts book by Deirdre Amsden

Guild - pattern & fat 1/4's

Anonymous - packet of fat 1/4's

 

Please remember to send thank you cards and to patronize these merchants!

 

 

Programs List for 2003

April         M.J. Felick - Tools
May         Lisa Erlandson - Who’s Quilt Is It, Anyway? (Copyrighted Patterns)
June         Nan Bentley - Ergonomics of quilting
July         Julie Spangles - Bible Quilts
Aug         Gwen Schroth - As I Saw India's Textile World
Sept         Susan Allen - String Quilts
Oct         Garage Sale
Nov         Skills Night
Dec         Make & Take and challenge

 

Community Service

 

Community Service donation to WIN Shelter March 2, 2003

 

9 toothbrushes

1 body scrub lotion

5 bars bath soap

1 dental floss

6 shampoo/conditioner

2 cosmetic bags filled with cosmetics

1 cosmetic bag filled with shampoo and conditioner trials

2 undergarments

 

Recipes

 

Scrap Soup

1 lb chicken breasts

1 onion, chopped

7-8 cups chicken broth

8 oz pasta (your choice)

1-7 oz can chopped mild green chilies

“Scraps” of your favorite veggies (fresh, canned or frozen)

1 Bay leaf   

1/4 tsp black pepper

1/4 tsp celery seeds

Salt to taste

Combine chicken breast, onion and broth in a large pot. Bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes. Remove chicken and shred meat. In same pot, or slow cooker, combine chicken with broth, add remaining ingredients (except pasta). Add any scraps of the following: celery, carrots, peas, corn, broccoli, tomatoes, cauliflower, etc. The more “scraps” the better! Simmer gently for up to 5 hours. Add more water if needed. Twenty minutes before serving, cook pasta according to package directions. Add cooked pasta to soup and serve.

 

Recipe works well with turkey breasts, canned chicken, ground beef or turkey, or lean sausage.

 

This simmering “scrap soup” provide several hours of stitching time!!

Tracy Greenlee (I picked this up at Houston Quilt Show)

 

Newsletter Advertising -

 

New Location

Lisa Coker

Custom Machine Quilting    -    Gammill Longarm Machine

8858 CR 4903

Wolfe City, TX 75496

                                                                Shop 903-367-7534     Mobile 903-456-0124

 

 

2003 Quilt Shows

 

March 28-30 Tyler, TX

April 11-12 Humble, TX

April 11-12 Muskogee, OK

April 12-13 Terrell, TX  (Deadline for entries is March 28!)

April 23-26 Paducah, KY

May 2-3 Lufkin, TX

May 2-3 Kansas City, MO

May 7-10 Springfield, IL—Machine Quilters

May 16-18 Ft. Worth, TX

May 30-June 1 Durant, Ok

June 13-14 Bartlesville, OK

Other Shows of Interest

CATS—(Creative Arts Show)

The Woodlands (Houston)

April 25-27

www.stitchingfestival.com

Please let me know of any other shows not listed! We don’t want to miss any show, if at all possible!!

Newsletter Policy Statement

All information for publication must be submitted no later than 12 days prior to the regular monthly meeting in the month of publication. Advertising rates are $12 monthly or $30 quarterly for 1/2 page ad and $6 monthly or $15 quarterly for a 1/4 page ad. Business card sized ads are available for $1 per month. Each member is entitled to one free business card size ad per year. Each member may run free business card size ads if they have items to donate or are seeking items (but not selling), on a space available basin

Contact Editor for more information.

Newsletter Deadline for April is April 15, 2003

Newsletter Editor - Tracy Greenlee

972-475-5448

tracy@greenleecpa.com  (New e-mail address!)